Good Afternoon Everyone,

Before I dove into the Marxist Criticism I wanted to make sure that I understood the main points from the New Historical Criticism and Cultural Criticism (after not being in class Monday). To begin, New Historical Criticism focuses on how the event has been interpreted and what those interpretations says about the interpreters. It also brings fourth the idea that we do not have clear access to anything but the most basic facts about historical events. There is only the interpretation which could ultimately lead to an objective analysis. Then there was Micheal Foucault who produced the idea that power circulates in all directions through the proliferation of exchange. In the end it states that Historical Criticism cannot be objective, cannot adequately demonstrate that a particular spirit of the times or world views accounts for the complexities of any given culture and it cannot adequately demonstrate that history is linear, casual or progressive. Moving onto Cultural Criticism which draws on political theories, Marxism, and Feminism. It is highly interested in popular culture and it takes into account the way in which media production might not be viewed the way the entertainment industry intends it to be viewed. Cultural Criticism also performs at the hands of those who respond to it. I believe these are all of the major points from this chapter. Do I seem to be missing anything?
Thank you- Kayleigh